News from May 2018
By State Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 9 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Strengthening American Diplomacy: Reviewing the State Department’s Budget, Operations, and Policy Priorities.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Timothy Murphy, a/k/a Mr. Black, a/k/a Colby Muhlberg, a/k/a Arthur Whitton, 34, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to 54 months in prison in connection with a multi-count indictment arising from a fraudulent telemarketing enterprise that often targeted elderly victims. Ninety-one Missouri...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands national parks are preparing for a busy Memorial Day weekend, and are advising visitors to expect heavy traffic, crowded trails, and limited parking.
By State Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Advancing Effective Conservation Policy: Successes, Challenges, and Next Steps." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Daniel Bender, 52 years old, of Hebron, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen on his plea of guilty to receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Five people linked to two San Fernando Valley clinics were arrested this morning on federal health care fraud charges for allegedly participating in a scheme that submitted fraudulent claims to health insurance companies and used some of the fraud proceeds to provide patients with “free" cosmetic procedures.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Shane Riley, 45, an enrolled member and resident of Laguna Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 37 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm. Riley will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Employees with Idaho Site cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho have met with junior and senior high school students from the local Shoshone-Bannock Tribes over the last several weeks to discuss EM-related career opportunities in engineering, training, and robotics.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: PIKETON, Ohio - EM recently upgraded two facilities supporting the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, significantly enhancing DOE’s ability to communicate internally and to the public in the event of an emergency.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Homeland Security Nielsen’s alarming comments after the House of Representative’s election security briefing today...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: VERNAL, Utah - On May 29, the BLM Vernal Field Office, will conduct a graffiti removal project near the Flume Trail. On April 30, the BLM received multiple reports from members of the public concerning graffiti at the first trailhead for the popular Flume trail in Dry Fork Canyon. One or more unknown persons used spray cans to paint on multiple boulders and rocks. The Flume Trail is located in Dry Fork Canyon, approximately 12.5 miles northwest of Vernal, Utah.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Crews with Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) safely unloaded more than 40 tons of structural steel for construction of a tower to house evaporator equipment that supports EM’s plans to begin treating tank waste through its Direct Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) vitrification approach.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Dinwiddie County man pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), and Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field ...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands national parks are preparing for a busy Memorial Day weekend, and are advising visitors to expect heavy traffic, crowded trails, and limited parking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal jury in New Haven today found TONEY KELSEY, also known as “Blaze," 26, of Hartford, guilty of sex trafficking of minors. The trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall began on May 15.
By State Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), unanimously passed the Defending Economic Livelihoods and Threatened Animals (DELTA) Act, H.R. 4819. Authored by Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), the bipartisan...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Carl N. Hooker, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is initiating Stage 1 fire restrictions and temporary target shooting limitations for BLM-managed public lands effective May 25, due to potential fire danger.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: DENVER - A Colorado man was sentenced Thursday to serve 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
